Zubizarreta said: "Suarez has shown he is humble enough to admit an error, which is very important.

"He has been humble enough to apologise to those he has affected, because it happened in the middle of a festival of football. In this case it's the best thing a person can do."

The former Barca and Spain goalkeeper also highlighted Suarez's footballing qualities in a blatant admission that the Catalan giants want the Uruguay bad boy.

"Everyone knows that Luis is an excellent player, everyone knows last season he played in various positions in attack, but everyone also knows that he is a Liverpool player," he said.

"Regardless of whether the club signs him or not, his quality is unquestionable. He has shown a lot of quality with Uruguay and scored more than 30 goals with Liverpool, so he has the necessary quality to play for Barca."

Zubizarreta was speaking at the presentation of Barcelona's latest signing Ivan Rakitic and the Croatian World Cup midfielder also praised Suarez.

Rakitic virtually invited Suarez to join him at the Nou Camp, claiming he has the talent to play for Barcelona.

"The fact he has had the character and the strength to go in front of everyone and say sorry says a lot about him as a person," he said.

"Not every person has that strength to admit they have done something stupid. I rarely say that I am wrong so this says a lot about him, he has shown the character and strength he has so he should be commended for that."